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Roundup of a busy round of Championship action as the title lead changed hands.
With Leicester’s clash against fourth-placed Southampton postponed due to the Foxes’ eventual FA Cup exit at Chelsea, Leeds beat Millwall 2-0 at Elland Road to move top on goal difference after Wilfried Gnonto and Dan James converted from assists by Georginio Rutter.
Ipswich reman third but now one point off the summit following a 6-0 win over second-bottom Sheffield Wednesday at Portman Road. in which Omari Hutchinson and Ali Al-Hamadi scored twice whilst Cameron Burgess and Nathan Broadhead also found the net.
Goals from Tom Fellows and Jed Wallace saw fifth-placed West Brom beat Bristol City 2-0 at The Hawthorns.
Josh Sargent, Gabriel Sara and Ashley Barnes found the net as Norwich benefitted from the postponement of Hull’s trip to Coventry to climb to sixth, as David Wagner’s Canaries won 3-0 at Stoke whilst Coventry stunned Wolves to reach the FA Cup semi-finals.
Liam Millar netted a 43rd minute winner from Liam Lindsay’s cross as ninth-placed Preston scraped past Plymouth Argyle at Home Park.
Down in the relegation zone, Rotherham remain rock bottom after they held third-bottom Huddersfield to a goalless draw at the New York Stadium, during which Sorba Thomas was sent off for the visiting Terriers.
Birmingham City now sit above the drop on goal difference after Emmanuel Dennis netted a 44th minute winner for Watford at St Andrew’s Stadium.
QPR are still one point above the bottom three despite having scrapped to a goalless draw at Sunderland.
Elsewhere, Liam Cullen and Jamal Lowe both found the net as Swansea beat rivals, Cardiff in the South Wales derby.
Finally, Middlesbrough held Blackburn to a goalless draw at the Riverside Stadium which dropped them seven points behind the last play-off spot heading into the run-in.
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